The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-14
BLUE-BLACK MOUSTACHES.
ONLY POLICEMEN AND OLD-TTNE FIRE
MEN WEAR THEN NOWADAYS.

| ONLY POLICEMEN AND OLD-TTME FIRE
MEN NEAR THEM NOWADdYS,
Napoleon IlI. set the Fashion or Dyoi.a ana
| wnxendinv, aud II Prri-bed with tao
| French Empirc-The Recent Fashions.
No ono except policemen. firemen, es-
pecialy exempt iremen, and low chlyalrous
| and ancient gentlemen, now dyes his NOUS
tache. md the number VI tho mon who change
| tho color OF their hair by artificial means 10
smaller still. When the policeman with nvo
scryice stripes was sworn In 1t was the custom
OF almost everybody TO use dye. NAPOLEON III
WAS partially responsible for this. lie hnd IL
gorgeous moustache, black, and with nice long
| ends ready for wax polish liko wholesome
stoyo. He set tho fashions for Paris, ana Paris
| for America. Now the custom has almost gone
| out. and the purple-biaek moustaeuo 10 i"ie
| throughout the land.
| An old barber, who has been In the business
n good lifetime, tx planned the change. Twenty
| years ago third Of the mon that came mere
| wanted their moustaches dyed. man with
| heavy and fast-growing moustache had 10 nave
| 1t dyed every week. and 1t was good thing
| for us. Even ton years ago there we're many Oh
them left, but the fall OF the French empire
and the Emperor left the style without support,
and the character OF the mou-tache chaheeo.
| Instead OF being long. glossy. and black, snort
|
"Cubans and Southern men began to raise
mous,aches without ever shaving their upper
lips This made the hairs come out in graceful
clusters instead of spikes and long stin hairs.
| There isn't any use OF dyeing mouSte sf NJ
so these short. clustering moustaehss changed a. ;s
the lyeing fashion, Tho knowledge Oh 3hS
chemicals employed had great nss, a ,q u at the
s snss IF all Eyes ws sna hs? iSssrs
| ~.
Change H the color o tho hair must have
base of nIl hair dyes was nitrate of silver. Care
was taken to prevent It's getting on the SELL
Sarbers .p to connteraSt It's effect on the scalp:
Nitrate Of silver is a powerful canstic, ahG i,s
BY saiosf II The
common dye for TINT was made OF sat nnt amo
q hS into .be seap ssd
was sure to cause some disease of the brain.
Applied steadily i affected tho mind =, any,
reaction Of fashion IN favor Of gray hair a and
oa saa heads the op Of
instead of conceaing it, had his haiF " c s SO
s Young mnn. il also became fashionable for q
young man with black hair to have a iG s gray gray
threads in It. i made him an ooeed OF 9rias 6ss
made his hair grow prematurely gray. Dyeins
the hair would desl tx this charm and dyeins
VIII In tie Old days It was tho best barber shops
that did the most dyeing Now Il y TIE Gheaa9
b bnosd wants i to be dressed up and when he
puts his sunday black e clothes t on he otI yo s
their moustaches and hair were a iurid black:
s keen eek Sp the ahd
II You viii notice the police force on parade.
wont see many cry hairs s even Tn t od
enough TO have gray hairs. but their nous
tache. are rs black and shiny rs their shoes shoes;
in &c town. Even il n policeman lenyes the force
he takes this habit with him. and. IKE me oid
volunteer fireman. he literally soaks MS helo
few gamblers who dye but nos
big one ba IKE ae JOSEF The
s.%Hs has ens as ~ Ss to es 1Gs evsrs
long since that dycing only gave them 9W .r1t
but in SINAI ci;iee they haven't learned Urn t tnas
. .et, INC TO have black waxed moustacle and
curly lot bla :; hair, no matter what Color his
'ysi IS hard s to Ind any man who wiz admit
he dyes his m a Does or r NOT not.
a.. en.y to tf Mssfnsr S
tho most steadiast dyers. but their children
have not taken their places oR hrn% "ns dav
there were seen four policemen whose nous.
aches plainly dyed md not ct one 81 ta os
| pedestrians showed any traces VI hi'r"to VI
"a d dyed moustache {, usually sign that the
people en- -ilv. He is usually in position OF
some au h rrity, petty or large, and he has
tendency to be seli-posse,ssed a h possibly
got out OF this world. and he taxes his luia
| phrenologist that he is thankful Tor. 1t has an
influence on certan bumps. . ,o,.rss I, IA like
old lines. and he is oppo- ed toail changes. mr..
suite or political in the old methods. he began
dyeing his m9nslaGe when there was no heeS
| force Of habit. He also believes that black
moustache goes better with the diamonds he
Capt. Clinchy has, moustache Of such
peculiar black shade that many, OF his ac-
auaintancos believe it is dyed. He dlsiikes 70
To be no reason why ne should want any adj
yentitious aids to beauty. but he T. an 3id po-
| liceman and policemen are professional 9yers.
old First at Old slip The Sergeants there were
veterans OF tho war and tho police lorce. Iney
dyed to proinsion, and did It because y gave 4
youthful expression to their faces. they did
not dys their hair, which was beautiful gray.
The clearing out OF tho SerRean's over GO Years
old has mado q change IN the precinct anu the
BARRIERS do not gain hereby.
The largest collection of dyed moustaches 10
around the old Volunteer Firemens headauhr-
tiers. They are a conservat i've body OF men
and believe in dyed mOustncheS aS tney 90 Id
long fire coats. shcathed helmets. and trumIitts.
They are all part Of their uniform on parade;
There are few dyed mous,a,hes a 1r "a, , nr
tin has one but that is worn not TO MAKE mn,
handsomer hut to enable the young men OF
the Seventh district to feel nj home wlf WIN MN.
There ls n suspicion that John }. . i;ren Gc-
ca.ionaliy touches up his mOnstnche with
something to make II lnol; SINNER black, but
II could hardly he said that he dyes ElS nous
tache. as 1t is black naturally.
Kate Field In Alaska.
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